That Was Then, This Is NOW

By

Charlotte Hays

Updated July 28, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Perhaps the nicest thing about attending the National Organization for Women's 40th birthday event last weekend was that I didn't have to pack a lot of fancy party clothes -- the dress code was strictly old feminist. The mindset was of the same vintage. Though there was a "summit" for young feminists on Friday before the conference got under way in earnest (and I do mean earnest), most of the 700 women in attendance were no spring chickens. They were joined at the Crowne Plaza by a handful of hen-pecked,...